PRINCE Charles and wife Camilla plan to host a live episode of Strictly from Buckingham Palace, The Celeb Report can reveal.
The royals made the incredible offer in secret talks with the show’s BBC bosses — and Charles, 73, and Strictly superfan Camilla, 74, may even dance.
The Queen has given her royal blessing for the historic episode to be hosted from the Palace ballroom later this year.
A source said: “Charles and Camilla are very much driving this and the BBC couldn’t quite believe what was being offered.
“Strictly at Buckingham Palace is just TV dreamland. It should be a wonderful spectacle.”
The quarter or semi-finals are being lined up for the historic broadcast later this year — bringing the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year to a spectacular close.
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And Charles, 73, and 74-year-old Camilla – a Strictly superfan – could even mark it with a dance of their own.
Insiders say the show is a perfect fit for the Palace’s massive ballroom – where 112 state banquets have been held in Her Majesty’s 70-year reign.
Another source told The Celeb Report: “The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are, like millions of others, huge fans of Strictly Come Dancing – and so is the Queen.
“So there is a real desire and energy to make this happen. Holding the show at Buckingham Palace’s ballroom would be a wonderful treat as we celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this year. A lot of work needs to be done to get it over the line.
“But there is a commitment and sense of goodwill to achieve what would be an unmissable occasion to cap a very special year for the Queen and the nation.
“Camilla and Charles would be delighted and honoured to host Strictly.”
The plans are so sensitive that only a handful of aides and top BBC executives have been involved.
They have identified the quarter or semi in a bid to avoid clashes with the latter stages of the World Cup in Qatar, which runs until December 18.
Productive discussions have also taken place about the logistics of fitting the set of the BBC’s biggest hit into the Palace ballroom, which opened in 1856.
The source added: “The ballroom already has a gallery where musicians play during state banquets. It could be perfect for Dave Arch and his live band.”
In April, Camilla met last year’s Strictly champ, Rose Ayling-Ellis, and revealed she had voted for her.
She told her on a visit to the new EastEnders set: “We were all voting for you, Rose. I don’t know how you did all those dances.”
Asked by Rose, 27, if the Queen also watched it she replied: “I think she does. She probably watched you.”
Strictly co-host Tess Daly said in 2017 her “dream” guest would be Camilla, adding: “We’d love to have her on the show.”
Later that year Camilla was on the Christmas special, dancing with judge Craig Revel Horwood, pro Brendan Cole and The Celeb Report’s royal photographer Arthur Edwards at Buckingham Palace.
In 2020, she recorded two messages for the final — with the nation in the grip of the Covid pandemic.
She said: “I think it’s just lifted our spirits, it’s lifted the whole country’s spirits. I’m very excited, I know who I’ll be voting for.
“I’d like, on behalf of everybody who watches Strictly, to say an enormous thank you to everybody who’s been involved in this production in this particularly difficult year.
“You have given everybody so much pleasure and you’ve uplifted the nation.”
In March, Charles and Camilla joined in with a group of Irish dancers on a visit to a cultural centre in Tipperary.
The Palace ballroom is the largest of the royal residence’s state rooms, at almost 120ft by 60ft.
It was originally known as the Ball and Concert Room and was designed by Queen Victoria for royal entertainments.
In recent years it has hosted state banquets for US Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama. In April 2011 it was also the centrepiece for Prince William and Kate’s glittering wedding dinner.
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One guest described the setting as “absolutely stunning”.
Last night a spokesman for Charles and Camilla declined to comment.
